Chapter 209
Chapter 209: The Fox’s Grudge (3)
The being known as the God of the Spirit World was the Spirit King.
Its power could crush even a nation’s entire military force on its own, and in the past, it had erased a massive island from maps in an instant.
For such beings, changing the weather was a trivial task.
“I guess using my power outside for the first time in a while has left me completely worn out.”
Shaikar, with a full moon in the sky, sank exhausted onto a building’s rooftop.
Changing day into night had once been as easy as someone pulling aside curtains in the morning.
Yet this Aligieri was far from her domain, so her strength was incomplete.
Right now, her physical form was merely a temporary avatar.
“But it was worth the effort,” she thought.
Just a moment ago, she had seen the Saint who illuminated the sky.
Though not as talented as the previous Saint, her foster daughter Mary, she was still a fox girl with significant potential.
Was her name Angela? Thanks to that girl, she had managed to dispel Diablo Rain just in time.
The young students who sought the fox girl had saved countless lives.
“Human souls are truly perplexing.”
If her foster daughter Mary had received such kindness, could she have survived all this time?
Shaikar longed for that child deeply. It was all the more tragic because she was unjustly murdered, branded as a distrustful saint.
She couldn’t leave things as they were. Both her thirst for revenge and her longing twisted the boundaries between life and death.
In her frustration, she broke rules and sullied her hands.
However, all of it felt futile.
“Everyone! Over there!”
A beautiful girl with red hair was leading the citizens to safety.
Holding a sword, she faced off against beastmen, the youngest of the royal family, Princess Mirona.
She was the very being who had been reborn as Mary.
“What have I been doing all this time?”
Why had she gone to such lengths to find a girl who had been reborn so well?
She could have found her quickly, yet she had engaged in pointless actions.
Now, the time to approach her felt lost.
Swish—
Shaikar’s avatar began to grow increasingly transparent.
“Tsk. Have I already run out of time?”
Having summoned the moon under such restricted conditions, she could no longer maintain her avatar.
At this point, even reaching out to touch anything was impossible.
[Spike. My role ends here.]
[Yes, I can feel it too.]
[When will that matter be resolved?]
As Shaikar asked through telepathy, her left arm Spike spoke up, seeming very focused.
[We’re at over 90%. Just a little longer, and we should be able to enhance the Holy Sword.]
[Please hurry. They’re coming soon.]
[Understood.]
Ending the telepathy, Shaikar glanced one last time at Princess Mirona.
“Please be safe.”
Wishing with all her heart that she wouldn’t die in this life, Shaikar transformed into particles and vanished.
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Bang!—
Boom!—
The sound of objects colliding echoed all around.
The shockwave from the rapid movement of unmanned fighters left only residual images and trajectories.
The air flow and flying debris seemed to freeze.
The battles of those who had surpassed the speed of sound would never be witnessed with the eyes.
Swoosh!—
A double-edged sword swung wildly, slicing through an entire building in an instant.
Talema, standing atop the shattered remnants of a ten-story building like tofu, unleashed a blade of aura from his sword.
“Ghack!”
Luska deflected it with his own double-edged sword, being pushed back but still managing to neutralize the blade’s force.
Immediately, he transformed it into arrows, showering the area with wolf and fox-shaped projectiles.
Each shot pierced buildings, soaring into the sky.
With speed and destructive power surpassing mid-tier magical bombardment, Talema countered everything with his sword and charged forward.
Bam!—
Kicked by Talema, Luska was sent flying away.
Bang!—
At the same moment, he crashed into a wall, causing the building to collapse.
Flames_generated by mid-tier magic flickered around the leg where Talema had kicked.
Thus, Luska had been hit by mid-tier magic at close range.
“You idiot. No matter how much you’ve changed on the outside, you’re still just a student.”
With his fiery leg hitting the ground, the ground melted away.
The air became intensely heated, causing mirage effects.
The temperature reached 3,000 degrees, easily melting even mighty iron walls.
“I don’t know who you are, but your expression when you fought me earlier was quite impressive.”
He could see it during the rapid exchange.
The determination in Luska’s face to tear him apart and kill him was not the expression of someone with an ordinary connection.
“I know who I was in my past life. Papias’s king—the demon and tyrant drenched in blood.”
At the same time, he embodied the very essence of pleasure.
A madman awakened by instincts through war.
“With such a title, I thought perhaps there might be something to look out for, but everyone who meets me just runs away or holds disdain.”
Talema had taken the lives of those he encountered.
Even now, his former instincts thrived, guiltless in murder.
“Yeah, those types are as numerous as dirt, and do you know what that means?”
“….”
“It means you’re just another one of those countless insects. A pathetic fool fixated on such meaningless grudges!”
The reason those people were pitiful was simple.
They knew they’d lose, yet they charged recklessly nonetheless.
In the end, their fate was nothing but a miserable death.
“Exactly! A miserable death!”
Stupid dogs, they were.
Dogs that licked their bloodied swords, unaware they were cutting their own tongues off as they died.
Such lowly creatures were perfect for hunting.
“Huh?”
The debris from the collapsed building wriggled, and Luska stood up again.
“Ohh…”
Seeing this, Talema was taken aback.
Despite being directly hit by an incredibly hot kick, Luska had gotten back up without a scratch.
Luska spat out a mouthful of blood.
“Damn dog? You speak quite well.”
Getting back on his feet, Luska forced down the pains and spoke.
The area where he had been kicked was scorched black, like it had been battered for ages.
“I don’t know how many dogs you’ve discarded, but I can tell I’m one of them.”
Those dogs would all charge at Talema, growling if they only saw him.
Luska too was merely another rabid dog.
“But have you ever thought about this?”
“Huh?”
“What if one of those dogs found another master… and ended up with that new master?”
A benign person usually picks up discarded children.
Or even a rabid dog can be tamed.
Once insane, Luska could have been tamed by the right person.
“Then where is that master?”
At Talema’s question, Luska slightly shifted his gaze.
There, he saw Radon Crawler dealing with other corpses.
“I can’t tell you who they are, but at least I can say you’ll be done for today.”
“Then bring it on!”
As Talema charged in with great speed, Luska shot an arrow.
But Talema ducked to dodge, punching Luska in the gut.
“Ugh!”
On his left hand, the same intense heat was charged, and electricity surged through his right hand.
He added tremendous force and rushed at him.
Fwoosh!—
Casting mid-tier magic that required pre-casting instantly on his left hand to engage in battle.
This was a tactic he had used during his tyrant days, and his body instinctively remembered it.
“You think today is the day I die? What more can end when I’ve already lost my breath!”
Bang!—
With a finishing thrust, both fists were driven forward in a single blow.
“Kuah!”
Struck directly, Luska coughed up blood and crashed far away.
As a result, several buildings were obliterated, and the area was in ruins.
“And I guess it’s not me who’s finishing; it looks like it’s you instead.”
Talema instantly caught up to where Luska had landed. He jeered at Luska, buried among the rubble.
Flap—
Yet Luska stood up again.
Her nine tails swept away all the debris.
“Huff… Huff… This hurts like hell.”
Though the wounds worsened, signs of healing slowly began to show.
With her natural resilience and recovery enhanced through Divine Beast Transformation, she had withstood the blows even from Talema, who surpassed high-ranking knights.
“What are you waiting for? Hurry up and come.”
Back on her feet, Luska beckoned teasingly.
In response, Talema launched another punch towards her face.
But this time, Luska skillfully caught the punch and countered with her own.
Bam!—
“Ugh!”
In that moment, her jaw nearly broke and her neck was almost twisted.
If he were human, the force would have knocked him unconscious.
In that state, Luska swung her fist once more. However, this time, Talema was stronger, dodging each of her punches adeptly.
Bam! Bam! Bam!—
Bang!—
The fistfight resembled an UFC match.
Incredible speed let sonic booms resonate every time they punched.
With beast-like senses, Luska dodged jabs and straight punches multiple times.
She could have landed a solid hit, but that was all she managed.
“You can’t beat me!”
The number of punches thrown was skewed in Talema’s favor.
His physical experience surpassed Luska’s instincts.
In the end, Luska’s vision blurred, and Talema seized the opportunity to land a powerful blow to her solar plexus.
Boom!!—
What appeared to be just a palm strike produced a tremendous noise.
Shockwaves rippled through Luska’s body, sending her reeling as she coughed up blood once more.
And still, it wasn’t over.
“Now you die.”
A bizarre aura began to envelop his fist.
Flames, lightning, and wind mixed evenly, fusing into a mystical form.
Energy flowed in his fist that rivaled high-tier magic.
Bang!—
As he thrust his fist upward, the heavens and earth shook.
The ground split from where he stood to the town fountain in the center, overturning many buildings and shaking the vast ground of the village.
Luska soared into the air, while the clouds above parted.
Bang!—
The ground split as Luska fell from a height of 1000m.
Luska closed her eyes as if unconscious, blood trickling from her head.
“It’s over.”
Saying this, Talema turned away.
That was when it happened.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
“…!!?”
“Is that all you’ve got?”
That destructive power had surely matched high-tier magic.
If she had fainted, perhaps it would be understandable, but her getting back up was nothing short of a miracle.
“How can a mere student…!”
Seeing Talema’s flustered expression, Luska grinned slyly.
“I told you earlier. You look disgustingly weak.”
“How dare you!”
Now furious, Talema swung his fist again.
Luska ducked to avoid it, but took two rapid punches from below.
Bam!—
“Don’t you dare rise!”
Fwoosh!—
Having lost her balance, Luska took the hits head-on.
The force was deadlier, accompanied by louder sounds and stronger shockwaves than before.
Yet Luska did not fall.
Not even closing her eyes.
‘Not yet.’
The more she got hit, the sharper her resolve became.
‘Still.’
The bright moon illuminated her.
As the moonlight washed over her, Luska’s mind cleared.
She heightened all her senses to the max, even while feeling pain.
At last, something began to be revealed in her red eyes.
“I’ll cleave you in half!”
Finally, Talema drew his sword, slashing diagonally.
A powerful aura, reaching eight-star level, aimed to crush her head.
`Now!`
Shaikar lightly dodged, grabbing Talema’s arm.
Anticipating this, Talema aimed an elbow strike at her face, but—
Swish—
“No!”
It looked as though Luska had predicted that, ducking again and struck him with her elbow.
Clash!—
The loud sound signified something heavy hitting the ground.
It was none other than Talema’s arm that had held the sword.
“What the…!”
Talema was taken aback, for this was a situation that left him dumbfounded while fighting.
Luska smiled as if she had achieved her goal.
“Now I see clearly.”
With the power of moonlight amplifying all her abilities, Luska struck Talema’s face with her aura-enhanced fist.
“Your future is—!”
With a glowing crimson gaze.
Survive as the Academy Scammer.
